Paper pail.



L. NORMAN.

PAPER PAIL.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I9. 1914.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

'.walls 1 and 2 of PAPER PAIL.

Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed January 19, 1914. Seal 110,812,990.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LIONEL NORMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing" at "lVinchest'er, inthe county of Middlesex andVV State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Pails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to paper pails or similar paper vessels for storing or shipping edible or other products and has for its object to provide an improved vessel of this character havin securely and safely retam the contents without liability of leakage, but which can be readily removed to permit inspection or use of the contents.

Writh this object in view the invention consists in a paper vessel having its parts constructed and arranged in the improved manner hereinafter describedand claimed.

The several features of the present invention and their advantages will be readily`un-I inspection of the accom ying drawings in which;

Figure l is a sectional elevation of alpail embodying the invention, the cover being shown detached from the body portion of the pail; and Fig. 2 is an underneath plan derstood by those skille/dgilp the art from an -view of the cover illustrated in Fig. 1.

The body portion of the pail illustrated in lthe drawings is of usual or well-known construction and comprises inner and outer side paper provided wlth an fupturned edge 4 received between the inner and outer walls..

` 7 is provided with an external screw thread indicated ai; 9 which lits the internal screw thread 6 on the ring 5. As illustrated in .the drawings, the disk 8 projects beyond the ring a cover which will paper, and a bottom 3 of.Y

7 sofas to form a shoulder which fits down against the upper edge of the wall of the body portion. Also in the construction illustrated inthe drawing the cover comprises a second paper disk 10 which is secured to the l ring 9 and spaced from the disk 8'so that the cover of the pail comprises two walls separated by an air space, and corresponds in this particular to the structure of the body portion. To receive and safely retain the disk 10, the ring 9" is recessed internally so as to provide avshoulder, indicated at 11, to receive the edge of the disk. To facilitate the application and removal of the cover the external surface of the disk 8 is illustrated in the drawing as provided with suitable finger engaging projections l2. L

The construction illustrated in the drawing constitutes the best form ofthe invention which has yet been devised, but it is to be understood that except-as defined in the claims, the invention is not limited to the construction and arrangement illustrated.

body at its open end and provided with a screw thread, and a removable and replaceable cover comprising a paper disk, and a non-.metallic ring secured to\ the disk provided with a screw thread fitting the screw thread on the body.

3. A paper vessel, having in combination-7,

abody, a non-metallic ring secured within the body at its open end and provided with an interior screw thread, and a removable.

and replaceablercover comprising a paper disk, and a non-metallic ring secured to the disk provided with an exterior screw thread fitting the screw thread on the body.

O 4. A paper vessel, having in combination, a body, a non-metallic ring secured to the body at its open end provided with a screw thread, and a removable and replaceable cover comprising two separated paper disks, and a non-metallic ring secured to the disks )rovided lwith a screw thread fitting, the crew thread on the body.

5. A paper vessel, having in combination, body, eV non-metallic ring secured Within he'body at its open end and provided withV ,n interior screw thread, and a removable ,nd replaceable cover comprising e peper liek, a non-metallic ring secured to the disk vithin its edge so as to leave the edge proeeting over the Wall of the body, said ring being provided with an exterior screw thread Hitting the Screw thread on the body,

LioNEL NoeMAN,

Witnesses:

FRED FISH, GEO. E. STEBBINS. 

